Vintage show puts Langer in hunt for an 'Open' title

Published Date: 26 July 2008 ARGUABLY the most reliable foursomes and fourball partner in Ryder Cup history, as well as Europe's shrewdest captain, there's an enduring vivacity about Bernhard Langer's golf on the senior circuit which, in any other campaign, might have sparked a debate about the 50-year-old's credentials as a potential wild card candidate for the match at Valhalla in September. Six years after he last teed up in Scotland at Muirfield, watching Langer sign for 71 and 141, one under par, at Royal Troon yesterday, was the golfing equivalent of an episode of Life On Mars. For many in the galleries, it was the same giddy sensat ion of time travel experienced the previous week at Birkdale when Greg Norman turned back the clock. Asked who would win if the Langer of today had a match with himself 25 years ago, he... [read full story]